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From the ECS State Policy Database
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership


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State Status/Date Level Summary
VASigned into law 02/2013P-12Notice of Principal/Asst. Principal Reassignment
H.B. 1388/S.B. 936
Changes the deadline for a school board to notify principals, assistant principals, or supervisors under continuing contract of their reassi...

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CAVetoed 08/2012P-12Teacher Leaders Advisory Panel
A.B. 1765
From bill summary: Requires the Commission on Teaching Credentialing to convene an advisory panel to explore the recognition of leadership r...

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NYSigned into law 08/2012P-12Extended Leave for NYC Principals to Serve as a Principal at a Charter School
A.B. 6300
Allows a principal employed by the New York City district to make a written request to the board of education for an extended leave of absen...

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PASigned into law 06/2012P-12Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District
H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School Di...

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IASigned into law 05/2012P-12School Administration Manager
S.F. 2284 - Division VI
Permits the authorization of individuals that successfully complete a training program to meet Board of Educational Examiners standards to a...

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LASigned into law 04/2012P-12Local Superintendent, School Board and Principal Responsibilities, Authority
H.B. 974
Requires performance contracts for local superintendents in districts that receive a C, D or F grade. The contracts must establish performan...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Gifted and Talented Coordinators
H.B. 153 - Gifted and Talented Coordinators
Permits any person assigned to a school as a principal or any other position to also serve as the district's gifted education coordinator, i...

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NCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011P-12Principal Employment in Small Schools
H.B. 200 - Principal Employment in Small Schools
Page 52 of 342: Provides that a school created after July 1, 2011 with fewer than 100 students in final average daily membership is not enti...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Filling Principal and Personnel Vacancies
S.B. 12
Directs the superintendent, when a principal is filling a personnel vacancy at the school, to provide additional applicants to the principal...

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CAVetoed 08/2010P-12Teacher Leaders Advisory Panel
A.B. 2040
Directs the commission on teacher credentialing to convene an advisory panel to consider:
(1) The various roles of teacher leaders in today'...

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OHAdopted 10/2009P-12"Teacher Leader" and "Urban Principal" Endorsements
OAC 3301-24-05
Adds new paragraph regarding the "teacher leader" endorsement. Provides endorsement is valid for mentoring and coaching teachers, providing ...

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ALAdopted 04/2009P-12Leadership Development
290-4-3
Repeals and rewrites rules regarding leadership development. Includes references to both the Alabama Definition of Professional Development ...

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GAAdopted 12/2007P-12Teacher Certification
GAC 505-2-.10, -.26, -.96, -.150, -.166, -.167, -.202,-.300, -.350, -.351, -.352, -.353, - .354, -.355; 505-3-.62, -.63
505-2-.10: Adds provisions and clarification for National Guard personnel to apply for JROTC instructor positions, which is now authorized b...

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ILAdopted 07/2007P-12Certification
23 IAC 25.30, .85, .314, .335, .620, .750, .755
From description in Illinois Register:

This rulemaking presents proposed requirements for two new certification-related initiatives that w...

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LAAdopted 05/2007P-12Administrator Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.240, 703, 705, and 707
Changes the type and level of the teaching certificate required to be certified as an Educational Leader Level 1 (entry-level license requir...

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LAAdopted 10/2006P-12Standards for Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.Chapters 1-10 (Bulletin 746)
The first update in many years. Identifies all certification guidelines for Louisiana school employees and administrators. Pages 1-52 of 133...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12Principal Certification, Mentoring and Evaluation
S.B. 860
Requires the state board to establish a new principal mentoring program to allow experienced principals to serve as mentors to new principal...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Teaching Excellence Program
H.B. 4308
Requires the state board of education's annual budget to set out by separate line item the appropriation for the Teaching Excellence Program...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12Leadership Academy School Support Program
H.B. 2434
Creates the Arkansas Leadership Academy School Support Program to train principals and teachers in schools and districts designated as being...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Committee for Mathematics Achievement
H.B. 93 (Section 2)
Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12
Postsec.
The Center for Mathematics
H.B. 93 (Section 4)
Creates the Center for Mathematics to make available professional development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment...

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